Sauce Boat

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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy edge, slightly incurved at the sides and there fluted; fluted base; scroll handle. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with Chinoiserie landscapes with trees and buildings; within the lip, a diaper pattern and a flowering spray; at the bottom a similar spray.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Sauce boat
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue Soft Paste Porcelain Cobalt Oxide Glazed Transfer-Printed Moulded
Brief description	Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, Vauxhall porcelain factory, England (London), ca. 1760-62
Physical description	Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy edge, slightly incurved at the sides and there fluted; fluted base; scroll handle. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with Chinoiserie landscapes with trees and buildings; within the lip, a diaper pattern and a flowering spray; at the bottom a similar spray.
Dimensions	Length: 19.7cm Width: 11.7cm
Style	Chinoiserie
Credit line	Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production	Previously attributed to Liverpool in the register.
Subjects depicted	Landscapes Diaper-Work Flowers
Bibliographic reference	For this sauceboat or pattern, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), cat. 283, where dated ca. 1760-62
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.771-1924

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Record created	May 21, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O234308/sauce-boat-vauxhall-porcelain-factory/

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